news
noun [ U ] uk/njuːz/ us/nuːz/
A2 消息;新闻
information or reports about recent events
That's the best (piece of) news I've heard for a long time! 那是我很长时间以来听到过的最好的消息！
We've had no news of them since they left for Australia. 自从他们去了澳大利亚之后，我们一直没有他们的消息。
Have you heard the news about Tina and Tom? They're getting divorced. 你听说蒂娜和汤姆的事情了吗？他们要离婚了。
I can't wait to hear all your news. 我真等不及要听听你的近况。
[ + that ] The news that Dan had resigned took everyone by surprise. 丹辞职的消息让众人大为震惊。
We've got some good news for you. We're getting married. 我们有好消息要宣布。我们要结婚了。
the newsB1 新闻报道;新闻节目
a television or radio programme consisting of reports about recent events
Was there anything interesting on the news tonight? 今晚的新闻里有什么趣事吗？
I saw it on the 6 o'clock news. 我在六点钟新闻上看到的。
UK I usually watch the early evening/late night news. 我通常收看晚间／午夜新闻。
break the news 说出实情，透露坏消息
to tell someone about something bad that has just happened and may have an effect on them
I was devastated when the doctor broke the news to me. 当医生告诉我这个消息时，我简直要崩溃了。
I remember where I was when the news of Kennedy's assassination broke (= became known). 我还记得肯尼迪遇刺的消息传来时自己在什么地方。
Breaking the news to my kids was the hardest thing I've ever done.
I had to break the news to my mother that my father had died.
Then I had to break the news to the other band members.
I tried to break the news as gently as I could.
be good/bad newsC1 对…有利／不利
to be someone or something that will affect a person or situation well/badly
He's bad news for the company. He should never have been given the job. 他对公司没有好处，当初根本不该给他这份工作。
A fall in interest rates is obviously good news for borrowers but it's bad news for savers.
Long spells of dry weather are always bad news for gardeners.
Falling house prices are good news for first-time buyers.
As soon as Sophie brought him home, I knew he was bad news.
The price reduction will be good news for consumers.
be in the news 被报道
to be reported about
They've been in the news a lot recently because of their marital problems. 他们最近由于婚姻问题而频繁出现在新闻报道中。
It's one of several issues that have been in the news.
The actor has been in the news lately following his controversial statement about the President.
For obvious reasons, climate change is very much in the news these days.
The issue of privacy has been much in the news recently as a result of a couple of celebrity cases that have come before the courts.
- More examples
- I watched the colour drain from her face as she heard the news.
- He was crushed by the news of the accident.
- They crowded round the spokesperson, eager for any news.
- Highlights of the match will be shown after the news.
- The news of his resignation came as a surprise to one and all.
Idioms
be news to someoneidiom informalC2 对（某人）来说是新闻，某人头一次听说
to be information that someone did not know before
"I hear you and Phil are going to Boston for the weekend." "Really? That's news to me." “我听说你和菲尔周末要去波士顿。”“真的？我怎么不知道。”
have news for someoneidiom 给（某人）好戏看
used to say that someone is going to be unpleasantly surprised because something will not be as they want it to be
I've got news for him, if he thinks he can keep living here free of charge. 如果他想继续赖在这里白住，那我可有好戏让他瞧。
no news is good newsidiom saying 没有消息就是好消息，不闻凶讯便是吉
said to make someone feel less worried when they have not received information about someone or something, because if something bad had happened, they would have been told about it
We haven't heard anything from the hospital today, but I suppose no news is good news. 我们今天没有得到医院的任何消息，但我想没有消息就是好消息。